Jameson Taillon has sustained what is possibly a significant setback in his rehab from a right elbow flexor-tendon strain.
Taillon felt pain in the elbow last weekend while playing catch from 90 feet. The Pirates are in the process of setting up an appointment with orthopedist Dr. David Altchek in New York.
“I believe this has run the course of conservative care,” Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said before Wednesday night’s game with the Cardinals at PNC Park.
That sounds ominous. Usually, the next step once conservative care does not work is surgery, though Tomczyk stopped short of saying Taillon would need an operation.